TOP 10 GUITAR TUNINGS to Make Slide Playing EASY
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THANK YOU, Justin!
This is great!
I'm most grateful that you took the time to make this didactic video and share it with us.
Keep on rockin'!
🤘🏻💀
Thank you Excellent vid you cook!! New tunings A432hz styley.give fresh song riff ideas. 👍
Great and enjoyable vid, Justin. Thanks!
So many doors just opened. Thank you sir.
Great lesson Justin thank you for your time, tuteledge and not beating us with kendo swords when we make a sour note.
How are you doing today my friend? I want to thank you for your videos. I have stage 4 lung cancer and I have refused all treatment ( which I am glad I did because chemo destroys your immune system ). Anyway I was told I was going to be dead the first week of last January. So much for my problems, I am only 59 years old and I really enjoy your playing and watching your videos. Thank you for taking me away for a little while with each video. Stay safe and be truly thankful for your friends and family.
Thank for your message, and wishing you the best, brother!
Thank for your message, and wishing you the best, brother!
John Robertson hope you feel better tough survivor😉
You must try marijuana oil and bicarbonat whit limon Good luck👍
John Robertson I hope you are doing ok and Cesar is right this oil can do wonders for your comfort and possible longevity,all the best
Excellent class Justin!
Tuning / Playing / Example:
Standard @31:58 / @34:07
Open G @2:00 / @3:40
Open A @5:34 / @7:36
Open D @8:22 / @10:11
Open E @11:52 / @13:12
Open Em @14:40 / @15:32
G Hybrid @19:14 / @20:07
....w/capo @21:32 ; w/capo2 @22:07
Drop D @22:42 / @24:14
Drop G @25:28 / @27:38
...pre-slide cool playin’ @27:07
Drop High D @29:00 / @30:30
You are the best person ever.
@@croftperkins :) Thank you. This really helps me also to find it quickly
big Thanks, God bless u
I like how comfortable he is in all of these alternate tunings. Awesome slide guitarist, best I've heard.
I've just discovered the magic of different tunings and then here you come giving me a guide to TEN of them!!! Thank you, Justin!
Well? How has that been going?
Just wanted to say that i absolutely love the sound of your music, and you have been a great inspiration to me!
some one ☝️ me too JJ Kenny Wayne Shepherd Jimmy Page Hendrix joe Perry and Walsh my influence
Because of this man i started playing guitar 2 years ago.
Never stop
Hells yeah brutha
How’s it going?
@@TaartjeMetSlagroom Pretty good, do not have a lot of time to play, but atleast i am still doing it :D
@@Farsiratorius nice!
Just throwing it out there, it's amazing how he talks about this stuff for more than half an hour
Binary Lynx ...and every second is gold.
And with clarity and a friendly atmosphere. Amazing musician, but I like his brand of charisma much more.
This cat is a modern master!
Get where your coming from but I like to have a video on in the background.
and I can’t stop listening
I'm a simple man. I see a Justin Johnson video. I thumbs up before it even begins.
Thank you JJ- I have always struggled with alternate tunings, being self-taught. This vid is pure gold. Stay safe brother. Cheers.
Justin Johnson has it all..
Learned alot from him
Have a nice day people and play some..🎸
One of the best slide-content videos ever. Now it's too late to play now, here in Italy (2:00AM), but tomorrw morning... Thanks Justin
You are the GREATEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD!!! I love this information and examples of how to play it.
holy cow, most fun I've had with a youtube recording ever. This is a game changer for me. Thank you very much Justin.
Open Em is a whole different beast. Very dark and mysterious
I found that one by accident once. I thought I had invented something new. guess not!
Em is the minor in G
That E minor tuning is what I've been looking for, thankyou.
I am an old drummer. Set out to learn guitar when I retired. Something to keep my mind and hands active. So at 67 I picked it up and almost immediately discovered John Fahey, Jack Rose and American Primitive. Now, almost two years later, I play everything that I can play (which isn’t really much😂) in open C, open D and open G. Sometimes change D to D minor. At times mess with DADGAD. Can add a capo here and there. I can’t really play “standard” tuning at all. And that’s ok. The real secret is spending a year working on the thumb. It’s all in the thumb. 😬. Thanks for this video. I’m a huge fan. I watch all your stuff and have benefited greatly from it!!
Leo Kottke uses open tunings. I first in late sixies
I have been playing John Lee Hooker in open G. Look up Maxwell Street in Chicago, IL. Music history.
My confidence level is up a 100 times can't thank you enough JJ, you are a legend.
Incredibly good information. This should be the first lesson in learning slide guitar.
Justin, learned more about open tunings through this video than I have in many years of playing. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work
I have been playing 2 nylon string guitars almost everyday for about 7 years. 2 weeks ago i picked up a Guild A-20 dedicated to open slide tunings. After hearing how amazing the A-20 sounds in regular tuning and feeling like I need 1 steal string guitar for standard I again found myself at the guitar stores. I used to play open tuning slide about 10 years ago and watching you play the slide has made me feel home sick. I just picked up a new Martin X1AE dedicated for slide open tunings (I've always wanted a Martin). This Martin dreadnought (it's sitting in my lap while I type this) with heavy strings is an absolute beast (explosive sound!). I have watch you play for a couple years now and you are an amazing slide player and a huge inspiration for me. This video came to me at a perfect time. Thank you for creating this content Justin🤙😎
I got his shovel slide guitar. If you want something fun to play with, that's it. I'm never gonna perform, so I don't care about sounding like a Nashville studio pro. I just get a kick out of messing around with it and slowly learning a few new things along the way. Just muting behind the slide, takes care of so much buzzing and harsh metallic noise......Nice vid. more to learn :)
Don't forget you can always use
It to dig a hole and plant a tree
I learned a lot. I like that 70% of them don't increase the tension, and I can definitely see how these would open new avenues and make slide playing easier. Thanks much, and thumbs up to crush a troll.
I like to learn, but I also greatly appreciate that most your videos are pure music. Thanks for the balance.
By far the best video online for open tuning and slide, love the hybrid tunings and the concise reasons behind why one or the other. Cool!
1. Open G 2:00
2. Open A 5:34
3. Open D 8:21
4. Open E 11:51
5. Open Em 14:40
6. G hybrid 19:12
7. Drop D 22:40
8. Drop G 25:11
9. Drop high D 28:50
10. Standard 31:58
Playing slide since 1989, Bob Brozman (homespun videos) is my guru, this is a terrific and creative lesson!!! Well done Justin!
Justin you are the most amazing guitar player I've ever heard! You make everything seem so easy. I would love to be able to play just about anything that sounds good. Lol
Having just really started slide, played the mouth harp bending notes (cross harp) Playing blues with the best , this slide guitar open turning is phenomenal playing by ear is a twist... Thanks...jj... Just miles.
Justin I can't think you enough finally in my later years I'm getting to put the guitar music and doing the melodies as I want... To my personal. Lyerics not withstand the influencers empathetic guide.... Thankfully the influencing factor are indeed a spiritualawaking... .m.
Justin the most important thing about your videos , is how your love of music and the guitar shines through.You really are having the time of your life . I'm telling all my friends about you here in the UK. You are, in my opinion , a guitar legend ! you are my new Nils lofgren !
He is such a decent person and a good teacher. Brings you right in there.
I've had a resonator in my bucket list for years. You've inspired me to finally order one and get into open/hybrid finger picking. Thanks Justin
Awesome!
at the end of your open D jam, I was like, "damn, dude goes hard!"
We are all incredibly fortunate to have someone so sickeningly good at guitar making instructional vids for us. Thanks for doing it!
Thanks, Justin, you are the contemporary High Priest of Dark Blues :-)
That video is a very, very good instruction to understand guitar slide and to try it by myself. I hope I will succeed a little.
I’ve heard you play many times, and very much enjoyed hearing you talk about it! Another dimension to hear the voice behind the music! Awesome teaching. Thanks Bro!
Hey! Long time player here and I just recently got into open tunings and using a slide, I love it, and this video is amazing! Thank you for the much needed motivation! Thanks!
My favorite guitar player for 40 minutes of genius guitar tuning and technique 😎
In open tunings the open, Fifth, and Seventh frets are the I, IV, V in the blues.
I recently started trying to learn slide guitar and I was the same way, I mostly like to play just E standard but sometimes E flat. At first I just tried to play slide guitar without learning anything at all about it, I just thought I could figure it out, it cannot be that much different than playing with a pick. After a while I came to the conclusion that my progress was non existent and my guitar was begging me to stop playing because it was ashamed of the sound that it was making. Tuning it to Open G put my progress back on the road again and now that I have played a little bit I think I could adjust to other tunings as well. Great video, the part in the beginning really struck home with me because that was exactly my mind set, I did not want to retune any of my guitars but after hearing the part in the beginning about how Justin was resistant to change but made the move that was more than enough for me to try open G, great lessons and advice on this channel and incredible guitar playing, I have seen lots of great slide players but was never motivated to learn it myself until I saw the Crankin up the 3 string shovel guitar video, such a great song with so few elements!
Nice Justin. I've been playing slide myself for over 30 years. My favorie tuning for slide is Open E.
Robert Johnson is truly a great but many people dont realize before Robert Johnson there was Charlie Paton. He was Native American!
Thanks for the breakdown. I’ve been wanting to learn a new tuning but I’ve been putting it off because I didn’t want to waste time in a tuning only to change my mind. Getting to hear a good demo in every tuning saved me tons of time. Thank you
Love the drop high D . It always pays to listen to the whole lesson Great video. Great player. Many thanks
Going to the trouble of explaining all the little subtleties and reasons for different tunings can put one on the right track, so to speak, for them...for life. Much appreciated, thanks man.
Wonderful feeling to hear your music and teaching! Both have same quality! Thanks...❤
I so much want to be able to play swampy blues on the river bank until the whiskey takes me out. You have inspired me so much Justin, I have a resonator laying on the bed and I have another one inbound too my son's Uni. I can't wait til he and I can jam blues.
Wow thank you. A little history of me. My instrument of choice is harmonica. I dabbled with guitar. I recently cut off part of my left index finger so I can't cord like I used to. So. It's slide time. I also bought a Gretch Alligator. What you have just shown in this video has given me hope. Thank you again.
EXACTLY the video I've been looking for, thanks man 🙌
Thanks Justin, allways loved slide but couldn't quite get it, but you have inspired me to keep at it ,and now I entertain myself with getting some cool sounds, gotta long way to go , but I'm enjoying the journey.. all the best in 24.
I'm an older guy. And, I've gone through several times in my life where I've tried to learn guitar. I just never get very far. My brain isn't equipped for it. I'm amazed at guys who are proficient at one tuning. But to be able to master all these -- man, you must be a genius!
Fiddlesticks.
What you need are lots of finger drills and three chords for strumming.
I was like that when the pando started. Now.. Im better than i think :)
Fiddlesticks.
You got the same I-IV-V frets on the fretboard in each open tuning. Then you check whether the 6 or 5 string is the bass root. But even that's the same patterns, just offset by one string up or down. Then as far as the upper strings... well that's as far as I've gotten, but I just wanted to say I'm not daring someone else to mention the name for the 3rd time in this comment thread, but I'm not NOT daring them, if you know what I mean.
Fiddlesticks.
Oh I couldn't help myself. There he is. Gotta run....
I think justin is a unbeliveable player great am learning so much from u i m not that good but u inspire me to keep trying thank you alot !!!!
I've hit on all these tunings over lets say the last 50yrs 😆 you bring all of them to light for the novice beginners and old dudes like me who in hiatus of 20 plus years pickingit back up slower mind you but really gives a tutorial to reference to kudos Justin thanks so much bro😁👍🇺🇸🎸
I'm in the same boat, brother. Never took formal lessons, interrupted by a decade in the infantry, alcohol and life. I picked it back up over 2 years ago and stumbled across Mr Johnson. Definitely in a language I can speak. Lol
Open D is the only one I’ve worked in. But I’m going to have a go at G this afternoon after watching this. Thanks.
I kept hearing "Vigilante Man" when you were in Open D...as a newcomer to slide this video was a great help, thanks! you got yourself a new subscriber.
Thanks Justin. I've been playing for about 50 years but never got into slide and after seeing your video I'm having a lot of fun with it.
Just bought a 1960 Stella harmony in excellent condition. Which is what got me to start practicing open tunings. Sounds great. Great video . Thanks
Justin is an excellent instructor. I picked up more blues slide from watching him in just 20 minutes than I have anywhere else
Thanks mate...really appreciate you putting it out there to help us all play a little better
Wow! How happy could you get being able to play like that, and to play as many good guitars as available out there? Guitar heaven!
Best video on wrapping your mind around slide guitar love watched.
Tak!
Thanks Rolf! 🎸🤘
Extremely valuable video summarizing different open tunings.
Man, I've been listening to your music for a while now and today I bought my first slide. I won't lie, I was already dreading learning different tunings, but I saw this video. Thank you. You explained open tunings in a way that I'm actually understanding. Oh, it was the swamp blues on the fretless guitar that got me watching you. You really are an amazing guitarist.
This is the best video ever, I've watched it heaps of times, so inspirational
You are a great musican,with open mind.i am beginner with slide.use to play standard,the best for me 3 guitars on differents tuning
THE BEST guitar lesson video I've ever watched !! You explain everything so clear!
That was excellent Justin - as a beginner slide player open Em will be my weapon of choice ;-). Greeting from Arctic Norway!
Yes! I bought a slide a week ago and everyone said open e was best to learn and while I tried that led zeppelin tunes taught me about open g and when I tried that I was able to come up with 5 minutes of material right off the bat it was crazy. I love your playing style and it makes me feel a bit more at home knowing a pro chose the same tuning that I just as a rookie flat out guessed it was gonna work
Justin, I apologize if I missed Drop D tuning. To explain, I have an Ibanez AX125. It has a lever on the low E string bridge. With the lever back it is tuned to 440 standard tuning. Release the lever forward and it tunes the low E string to D. So instead of the 3 low strings at EAD it is now DAD. You can also do this by tuning the low E down a full step to D. It's for doing rapid power chords with one finger [or slide] across the low 3 strings. The D5 chord is in the open string position. The 6 string is the only one changed the other 5 are natural. How would Drop D effect playing a slide song. Love your vides!
Thank you very mouch.....i learn so meany....with fun.....you are a mastermind. ......god bless you.
Thanks for the lesson appreciate you- showing
50 ways to leave your tunings
Fantastic video. Sooo much to learn! Thanks Justin.
I recently acquired a 4 string cbg. I want to experiment combining various tunings for slide as you explained in your video. I will be purchasing a 4 string double neck to combine these tunings. Thank you, Dan
Just going to add, that this explanation of slide tunings was clear enough I found it very helpful. So I went and looked at the lessons in the Justin Johnson store and ended up buying a package. Right out of the gate in the Slide Fundamentals video the information helped me immensely. I had no idea how many things I have been doing wrong, and how much positioning etc... were causing so many problems in my sound. I've been playing guitar for a very long time, but I never focused on slide until now. Thanks Justin, those "small" basic tips really helped me out. I have some work to do now to overcome bad technique and instill proper technique, but already I'm improved and I have no problem putting in the work, I just needed a starting point. Thanks much.
Studying!! This'n...
(Same here bro...been playing since '90..I too have been used to standard tuning while playing slide..(Gilmour is my old school favorite)...I've only touched on open tuning shortly...but...knew that was one of the keys to better slide "sound & technique"...
I got that "Voodoo" now....
Thanks Justin! You’re the best slide player & teacher on RUclips & I intend to buy both your slide courses soon!
Thank you Justin Johnson, you have enlightened me once again
Wow! Clarified so much...opened my ear/eyes. Thanks Justin °
Thank you for sharing all this wisdom Justin
Wowser Wowser. I love it and I'm a beginner my whole life playing.
Your slick dude, and inspiring for sure, now I gotta go pound out some blues...and head for the crossroads!!
What determines which finger the slide is on? You wear it on the ring finger but I have seen others using different digits.
Thank you so much! This couldn't gave come at a better time....last week I started having some tingling in my fingers and now I'm afraid I have carpal tunnel....my left hand is very weak and I can't play at all.....I did find that I can get away with a little slide for maybe 10 minutes or so......thank you!
Always love your playing but more importantly you're a great teacher. Seen many great guitar players who can't pass on what they know or explain it in a way the average Joe can grasp. Huge cigar box fan. Thanks Man!
I was dreaming for a video like this from you. So many answers. Thank you ! 😃
I get smug about my open tuning use, but this pointed out some stuff I'd not seen before. Very lovely, Justin. Thanks for the vid.
You taught me a lot! Thank you😊 I really appreciate it
Thanks for watching! Happy to help ! 😊
Brilliant lesson 👏👏👏
Thank you so much, inspiring stuff~ love the dark swampy riffs
I like the way you take the time comparing these tunings and I'll probably have to cut another nut to raise my strings a bit or shim this nut. Whatever my action is low. Or I'll just cut a New nut and saddle and level my strings.
Excellent Lesson, Justin Thank You!
I've been following Justin's playing for 3or4 years now. he inspired me to build my first three string cbg in which Bud Eldridge bought from me.justin thanks for the ways you explain notes and cord's.you are an inspiration to all
Your right hand is the reason "Jesus just left Chicago" and "Muddy water turned to Wine", you have a gift and you are sharing it, thanks!! God Bless.
Justin! Thank you very much
This open my sight and it challenges me to daré todo learn and go for more, thanks again😊!
You intimidated me a lot with this. I am just a regular guy, but I decided to go with the Open D-tuning as to me it sounded the best. Your playing in E for example sounded a little hectic for what I am looking for in Blues. So thank you man for a great lesson. Taught me a load of things and I wish I can apply them. Greetings from Finland! ...and keep up the nice work. You truly are a master at what you do!
Hey there brother!I just stumbled on 🎉to your bad ass channel!been playing guitar for decades,classical,and many other styles but I never spent any time playing open tuning with or without slide…I love that kind of sound!I picked it up instantly ,Many thanks my brother and keep up the good work…I shall spread the good news!we shall double your subscribers with in a year! Already doing fantastic we shall shoot for double fantastic!😁Peace ✌🏼🙏❤️
Really loved it man! wrote all of it down in my book of guit'rr knowledge :)
You're awesome at what you do and I guarantee you I will keep watching all of your episodes I've learned a lot so keep up the great work and I'll keep on watching and you're greatly talented dude awesome
Thank you. You are a great teacher! Learning slide has opened up a whole new world on guitar for me. Just watching and listening to you play has been a big help. Again. Thank you.
Nice video. Sounds so good at 15:40 with your Open Em .
I think Open G and Open A are the same relative tuning and have a minor 3rd on the high 2 strings ... Open D and open E are the same relative and have a major 5th on the high 2 string . I find Minor 3rd is more of country sound. Major 5th is more of a harder rock and blues sound.
Man!
When in Argentine we say "master" we ar meaning you are the top of the top.
I just can say: "MASTER!!!"
Regards from Argentina.